Let's see if the digital single market directive will harmonize FOP. That might be the
only positive content of current drafts.
Henning
-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------Von: Alex Stinson <astinson(a)wikimedia.org>
Datum: 07.07.17 18:07 (GMT+01:00) An: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia
<publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration
[Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>, Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners
coordination <cultural-partners(a)wikimedia.ch>ch>,
wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Betreff: Re:
[Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)
Well bummer. I hope that you can figure out a good lobbying next step.
Cheers,
Alex
On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 11:41 AM, John Andersson <john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se>
wrote:
Today we received some bad news in Sweden. The Swedish Patent and Market Court ruled
against Wikimedia Sverige in a lawsuit filed by Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS).
The case concerns images of public art online, more specifically in the case of our
website Offentligkonst.se, a service created by Wikimedia Sverige using images from
Wikimedia Commons.
The ruling means that Freedom of Panorama is eroded and the public space is diminished. It
is a detrimental loss for our projects. Next we will talk to our lawyers and WMF legal
team to see what our remaining legal options are. Our lawyers however believe that success
is not very likely if we would decide to move forward.
Intensive efforts to advocate for our elected officials to change the outdated and
problematic clauses in Swedish copyright law will be initiated during the year.
We have also started a crowdfunding campaign to cover some of the cost of the legal
expenses and fines of about 750,000 SEK stated in the verdict (around 89,000 USD) and for
future national and international lobbying efforts. Please consider making a donation at
http://wikimedia.se/en/donera, even if it is a symbolic sum. Simply add “BUS” in the
comment, and all the money will be used for these costs.
Some useful links (in Swedish):The legal argumentation from the court:
http://www.bildupphovsratt.se/sites/default/files/upload/stockholms_tr_pmt_…
Our press release:
https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/wikimedia-sverige/pressreleases/domslut-krymp…
A timeline of what has happened:
https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offentligkonst.se/Stämning
Best,
John- - - -John AnderssonExecutive Director
Wikimedia Sverige
Phone: +46(0)73-3965189Email: john.andersson(a)wikimedia.se Skype: johnandersson86
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